American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/pubs/dspubs/genprep.html | General preparedness materials |
http://www.redcross.org/pubs/dspubs/childmatls.html | Materials for children |
http://www.redcross.org/pubs/dspubs/cde.html | Community disaster education materials |
The Disaster Services portion of the American Red Cross site. Many good how-to type of publications for coping with various natural and man-made disasters can be found here.
IFAS Disaster Handbook
http://disaster.ifas.ufl.eduThe University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) has compiled a Disaster Handbook for many natural and man-made crises. Some excellent information and well worth a look.
Disaster Relief Organization
http://www.disasterrelief.org/LibrarySome good preparedness information. The address is case sensitive so make sure to include the capital L.
The Hesperian Foundation
http://www.hesperian.orgWhile the Foundation has nothing to do with food, they are the publishers of some important books that anyone with an interest in long-term preparedness should have such as Where There Is No Doctor, Where There Is No Dentist and A Handbook For Midwives among others. You can order them directly from the source.
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Digital Library
http://155.217.58.58/atdls.htmMany useful training and field manuals that can be hard to find elsewhere can be found here. I especially recommend FM 21-10 Field Sanitation and Hygiene. This site can be slow at times, so be patient.
La Leche League
http://www.lalecheleague.orgThe La Leche League is the oldest and largest breast-feeding education and support group in the world. If you have an interest in feeding a baby the natural way, these are the people to ask for information.
Rec.backcountry Distilled Wisdom Panel 9 - Water Filter Wisdom
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.backcountryA good discussion of the hazards of backcountry water, water purification, and water filters as applied in the backcountry. The above address will list all of the rec.backcountry Distilled Wisdom panels - sort by date and find the latest posting of the Water Filter Panel.
FATFREE: The Low Fat Vegetarian Recipe Archive
http://www.fatfree.comA "low-fat vegetarian" web site. Even if you're not a vegetarian it has one of the best search engines for using the USDA Nutrient Database (food nutrient compositions) that I've found. Do turn your pop-up blocker on.
Henriette's Herbal Homepage
http://metalab.unc.edu/herbmed/Medicinal and culinary herb FAQs, archives of the medicinal herb, culinary herb, and herb-info lists. More than a thousand plant pictures and a plant name database. One of the oldest and largest herbal information sites on the WWW.
The Food Insects Newsletter
http://www.hollowtop.com/finl_html/finl.htmlIn case you think you might ever have to.
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